September 29, 2005

 

Post Hurricane Rita Update:

 

Hurricane Rita has disrupted business as usual in the Texas and Louisiana area.  Your Union representatives will be available to assist our members who have been affected by this storm or may have other issues that we can assist you with.

 

Natural disasters such as Hurricane Rita affect not only the company we work for, it affects the lives of our co-workers that live in the path of the storm, including our family and friends.  Our Union is made up of many hard working individuals that have always chipped in to help their fellow co-workers after disasters such as Hurricane Rita.  Your Union representatives will be available in the crew rooms and also by telephone to assist our members.

 

If you are not currently scheduled to fly and would like to help get operations back into full swing, we would like to suggest that you either pick up open time flying, call scheduling to see if they can utilize you, or call your base duty desk to see if your assistance is needed.

 

Houston Mayor Bill White and County Judge Robert Eckels have stated publicly that aviation personnel from the city are considered “essential personnel” and that they will be needed to help in this recovery effort.

 

As a reminder, and at the company’s request, the FAA has given CAL permission to fly our 737’s with only 2 crew members and 757-200’s with 3 crew members for the next few days.

 

Due to the impact of Hurricane Rita, talks in Atlanta scheduled to begin September 26, were cancelled.

 

We will advise you when new dates have been scheduled for mediation talks.  Thank you for your support.